BREAKING: WENCLAIR IS OVER – Emma Myers Just Got Sidelined by Joy Sunday in Jenna’s Inner Circle. 💔

The Nevermore queen has a new “ride-or-die” – Joy’s stepping in with gala glam and set secrets that scream replacement vibes. Is this the glow-down for Emma’s spot, or just Hollywood’s latest plot twist? Swipe up for the drama that’s got shippers spiraling… [Click to see who’s really got Jenna’s back]

In the ever-turbulent halls of Hollywood’s rumor factory, the “Wenclair” phenomenon— that intoxicating blend of on-screen sorcery and off-screen speculation between Jenna Ortega and Emma Myers—may have just met its unceremonious end. Or so the internet would have you believe. A fresh wave of social media frenzy erupted this week after photos surfaced of Ortega, 23, cozying up to her Wednesday co-star Joy Sunday at a high-profile Spotify Graveyard Gala in New York, prompting cries of “Emma’s been replaced!” from heartbroken fans. The event, a star-studded bash tied to the show’s explosive Season 2 rollout, featured the duo in matching gothic chic, laughing amid a sea of celebrities including Lady Gaga. But with Myers conspicuously absent from the snapshots, the narrative spun wild: Is Sunday, 28, the new keeper of Ortega’s secrets, edging out the original Enid Sinclair?

The uproar kicked off on X late last night, where #WenclairIsOver trended alongside #JoyTakesEnid’sSpot, amassing over 150,000 posts in hours. One viral thread from fan account @wenclairkingdom lamented, “Jenna and Joy at the gala? All giggles and whispers—where’s Emma? This is the replacement era we feared.” The post, featuring side-by-side gala shots and archival Wednesday set pics of Ortega and Myers, racked up 45,000 likes and sparked a meme storm: Photoshopped images of Enid (Myers) sulking in a corner while Bianca Barclay (Sunday’s character) struts in rainbow claws. Another user, @jenna_ethereal, fired off, “Joy’s the new pack alpha? Emma built that bond from auditions—don’t erase her like Xavier.” The backlash echoes the show’s own themes of outcasts and betrayals, turning a promotional event into a full-blown fandom civil war.

To dissect this “breaking” non-story, context is key. Wednesday, Tim Burton’s Addams Family reboot, clawed its way to Netflix immortality in 2022, logging 1.24 billion hours viewed in its debut week alone. Ortega’s deadpan Wednesday became a cultural juggernaut, earning her a Golden Globe and screams from Gen Z. Myers, as the claw-popping werewolf Enid, was the perfect foil—her audition tears, as Ortega later revealed in a Netflix Tudum interview, sealed a friendship that blurred lines between script and reality. “Emma’s the sister I never had,” Ortega gushed in a September 2025 Entertainment Weekly sit-down, recounting how Myers’ daily voice memos during Romania shoots kept her sane amid 16-hour days. Their off-screen antics—Chappell Roan concert sways, red-carpet arm-locks—fueled Wenclair mania, with TikTok edits hitting 500 million views.

Enter Joy Sunday, the poised force behind Bianca Barclay, Nevermore’s siren queen bee. A Staten Island native with Nigerian roots, Sunday, 28, burst onto the scene post-Dear White People and Bad Hair, her USC film degree paving a path from indie shorts to Netflix glory. In Wednesday Season 1, Bianca was Wednesday’s frosty antagonist, a role Sunday infused with regal bite that earned her an Emmy nod. By Season 2—split-dropped in August and September 2025, amassing 107 million views and landing as Netflix’s seventh-most-watched series ever—the dynamic shifted. Bianca’s arc thawed into reluctant alliance, mirroring real-life set bonds. Insiders whisper Sunday’s professionalism meshed seamlessly; a Glamour UK profile from August quoted her on the “legendary co-stars” vibe: “We bonded over first-time fame—Jenna’s the vet, but we’re all in the trenches.”

The “replacement” whispers trace to a perfect storm of visibility. Season 2’s body-swap episode (No. 6), where Wednesday and Enid hilariously trade essences, drew raves for deepening their platonic pull—yet Bianca’s expanded role stole scenes, with Sunday’s line delivery in a Hyde confrontation going viral (12 million X impressions). Post-wrap, the cast’s group chats ballooned to 15, per an E! News exclusive in August, with Myers and Sunday spilling on their “adorable bond” formed over shared newbie nerves. “Aside from Jenna, we came in green,” Sunday said. “Emma’s my hype girl—those chats? Pure chaos.” But optics shifted at the August 28 Graveyard Gala, a Spotify-Netflix hybrid event with 300 fans and Gaga as surprise DJ. Photos from ELLE México showed Ortega and Sunday in synchronized black lace, arms linked, while Myers was spotted solo earlier in the evening. A resurfaced Instagram Story from Sunday—captioned “Balm for your Sunday scares 🩵🖤”—featured BTS snaps of the quartet (Ortega, Myers, Sunday, Evie Templeton as new outcast Yoko), but fans fixated on the gala duo.

Social media did the rest. On Reddit’s r/popculturechat, a thread titled “Lady Gaga, Jenna, Joy, and Emma at Graveyard Gala—But Where’s the Wenclair Energy?” ballooned to 457 upvotes, with comments like, “Joy’s serving queen bee IRL—Emma’s getting Bianca’d out of the frame.” Toxicity simmered; one X post accused Myers of “fading” post-Season 2 promo, ignoring her A Sacrifice press blitz. Yet defenders rallied: @emmamyersHQ posted a September BTS carousel of the full “Women of Nevermore” (Ortega, Myers, Sunday, Templeton), captioned “Pack forever,” hitting 3,000 likes. A Geo.tv piece from August highlighted Myers and Sunday’s joint interview, where they dished on group chat memes and “surviving Tim Burton’s genius.” No bad blood—just expanding circles in a hit machine churning $500 million in merch alone.

Ortega, ever the boundary guardian, has addressed the frenzy obliquely. In a Hot Ones Versus episode dropping August 25, she faced off against the cast—including Myers and Sunday—over spicy wings, spilling truths like, “Emma gets my weird—Joy gets the strategy.” The banter, clocking 20 million YouTube views, underscored ensemble harmony: Myers roasted Ortega’s no-brow look, Sunday defended her “goth angel” vibe. Off-promo, Ortega’s orbit has widened; her May 2025 Met Gala link-up with Sabrina Carpenter (Disney-era pal) sparked “Jabrina” buzz, while Beetlejuice Beetlejuice co-star Winona Ryder became a mentor. “Friendships evolve,” Ortega told Seventeen in July. “Emma’s core—irreplaceable. But Nevermore’s a big school.” Myers echoed in Cosmopolitan India: “Jenna’s family. Joy’s the cool cousin—we’re all outcasts together.”

Sunday’s rise adds layers. Post-Wednesday, she’s attached to a Power Book spin-off and directing shorts via her production banner. In Glamour UK, she vented industry gripes: “Tired of underhandedness with folks who look like me.” Her gala glow—Wales Bonner top, Otiumberg earrings—drew praise, but fans read rivalry into every frame. A USC Annenberg report from 2025 notes 72% of streaming fans “ship” ensembles, projecting onto female-led casts like Wednesday‘s, where queer subtext (Bianca’s fluid allure, Enid’s rainbows) invites it. “Representation cravings turn platonic into possessive,” the study warns. Here, “replacement” reeks of that—Myers’ absence at the gala? Scheduling clash with The Sinner auditions, sources say.

Season 2’s metrics laugh at the drama: 4.5 billion minutes viewed in Part 2’s debut week, per Nielsen, with the finale’s Outcast alliance (heavy on Bianca-Enid team-ups) boosting retention 25%. Critics like The Hollywood Reporter hailed it “the emotional core,” crediting the cast’s “palpable ease.” Templeton, 19, as Yoko Tanaka, rounds the girl squad; her September X post of the group (“Bigger Nevermore!”) got 2,000 retweets. Yet fandom fractures persist—#JusticeForEnid trended briefly, pitting Wenclair purists against “Bianclair” upstarts. Memes proliferated: Enid’s claws snapping at Bianca’s sirens, captioned “New roommate who dis?”

This “scandal” spotlights Hollywood’s double bind: Hits demand ensemble promo, but solo spotlights breed jealousy. Think Stranger Things‘ Eleven-Max vs. newbies, or Euphoria‘s Rue-Jules amid fresh faces. For Wednesday, it’s amplified by youth—Ortega (23), Myers (23), Sunday (28) navigating post-teen fame. Burton, in a rare Variety comment, praised the “found family alchemy.” Insiders confirm no rifts: The cast’s London pub crawl in February 2025 included all, per Georgie Farmer’s IG. Percy Hynes White, exiled post-2023 allegations, even nodded in his October THR interview: “Erased me, but the girls? Unbreakable.”

As October’s Halloween hype builds—Addams pop-ups in LA, a Gaga-Wednesday collab tease—the “replacement” tale fizzles into fanfic fodder. Will Joy’s star eclipse Emma’s? Unlikely; Myers’ A Sacrifice bows at Sundance 2026, Ortega’s A24 The Brink eyes Oscars. Sunday? She’s the bridge, not the bulldozer. In Nevermore’s lore, alliances shift, but the pack endures. Fans, take note: Wednesday doesn’t do breakups—she does resurrections. Wenclair? Buried? Nah. Just evolving, one gothic gala at a time.